Full Description
One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit, this practical resource focuses on the topic of 'Skills for Learning'. The book offers research-driven, practical strategies, resources and lesson plans to support educators and health professionals. This is a resource book for practitioners looking to have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of the children and young people in their care; both now and in the future. Chapters span key topics including Metacognition, Learning Dimensions, Problem Solving and Cognitive Strategies. A complete toolkit for teachers and counsellors, this book offers:
• Easy to follow and flexible lesson plans that can be adapted and personalised for use in lessons or smaller groups or 1:1 work
• Resources that are linked to the PSHE and Wellbeing curriculum for KS1, KS2 and KS3
• New research, 'Circles for Learning', where the introduction of baby observation into the classroom by a teacher is used to understand and develop self-awareness, skills for learning, relationships, neuroscience and awareness of others
• Sections on the development of key skills in communication, skills for learning, collaboration, empathy and self-confidence
• Learning links, learning objectives and reflection questions.
Offering research-driven, practical strategies and lesson plans, Skills for Effective Learning in School is an essential resource book for educators and health professionals looking to have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of the children in their care; both now and in the future.
Contents
Metacognition
Thinking about Thinking
Planning our Project
Monitoring our Learning
Reviewing our Work
Learning Dimensions
Curiosity: A wish to know and find out and dig beneath the surface.
Exploring Questions Part 1
Exploring Questions Part 2
Exploring Questions Part 3
The Why Ladder
Risk Friendly Climate
New Words
Changing and Learning: A sense of getting better at learning over time and of growing and changing and adapting as a learner in the whole of life
Milestones
Different Ways of Learning
My Learning Toolkit/What are my Learning Strategies
Look what I Can do Now!
Learning Relationships: Learning with and from others, and also being able to manage without them.
Create an Advert to Celebrate Who You Are.
The Build A Brain Team Challenge
What is Team Work
Skills for Collaboration
Constructive Feedback
Meaning Making: Making connections and seeing that learning matters to me.
Before Baby Arrives
Lets Relax
Thinking Chains
Everything That Had To Happen to Make This.
Strategic Awareness: A sense of myself as someone who learns and changes over time.
What is Learning?
My Learning Strategies
The Emotions of Learning
Performance and My Learning Zone
Resilience: The ability to keep going to develop my own learning, to stick it out and get what I want and need to keep growing and learning.
What is Resilience?
Resilience and Persistence
Be Your Own Life Coach
Stress Management
Self-Talk
The Best Mistake I Ever Made
Creativity: Risk taking, playfulness, imagination and intuition.
My Little Book of Ideas
Think Up A Storm
Ready Steady Make a Game
Good Luck Bad Luck
Problem Solving
Problem Solving Part 1
Problem Solving Part 2
Problem Solving Part 3
What Should I do?
Cognitive Strategies
Memorisation
Mind Maps
Revision
